Gladstone Automation Suite - Architecture Showcase

Hub & Spoke Topology

Designed around a central RPi5 'brain'. The Hub orchestrates master tasks—like network audits and backup rotations—while delegating localized operations to specialized Web Node spokes across the network.

Smart Identity Registry

Zero-touch configuration via the ~/.gladstone_mode identity card. Nodes auto-detect their role upon bootstrap, adapting their service footprint on-the-fly without manual intervention.

Resilient Watchdog

High-availability ensured by a 5-strike self-healing watchdog. Persistent tasks are silently restarted on failure. At strike 5, error logs are aggregated and escalated as urgent push notifications via an Ntfy relay.

Autonomous Telemetry

Continuous hardware polling, real-time printer status scraping, and scheduled bandwidth audits. All telemetry is localized, preserving security while providing a comprehensive health overview via the Master Dashboard.


                # Zero-Touch Deployment: Universal Bootstrap Command

                cd ~ && rm -rf ~/scripts && 

                git clone https://github.com/legendary034/pi5-scripts.git ~/scripts && 

                cd ~/scripts && ./install.sh --ntfy

Technical Specifications

Feature	Implementation	Benefit
Distributed Architecture	Hub & Spoke (RPi5 Centric)	Scalable edge orchestrations
Zero-Touch Setup	Bash-based Universal Bootstrap	Rapid deployment on new hardware
Telemetry Pipeline	Ntfy.sh alert relays	Real-time error escalation
Resiliency Engine	5-Strike Watchdog Process	Autonomous self-healing services